Although Dag does have healing rules, I've only seen them actually used one time by one fighter at one event I've attended in the last 8 years. Its effectively a non-rule. If your purpose for this is for first-time cross-gamers, you can probably leave this difference out, lest it create the impression that Dag has healers running all over the place.

But on the other hand, you're totally right that healing does technically exist, so your call.

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Solusar: The MoA from 2008, apparently the most recent version, linked here, states:4.1.8. Hafts on axes, flails, maces, polearms, and the like must be safely padded exceptfor a reasonable area for a handhold. This means the haft padding on swungweapons must be as safe as their striking surface. The haft on spears (which arethrusting-only weapons) is not required to be as heavily-padded as that of a swungweapon.

Derian: I tried to use the colors to differentiate the two, but this really ought to be a two-column table. Do we have a plugin for tables in bbcode?

Athron: I am really trying to make it a comprehensive list of the rules differences, so I'll keep it.

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I thought of the wiki, but people are soooo lazy. If I just linked it I wouldn't get nearly as much response. I only want to maintain one list, though. The nice thing about the wiki is anyone can help maintain it, too.

Bel:Sufficient force required to take type 1 or 2 damage, (you have to hit someone hard)

DagNoticeable force required to take damage. (You have to touch someone)

Noticeable Force applied a lot to those who dont take red hits on shieldsi was a herald a few times at rag, and at one point all heralds were called together to point out that many Romans that didnt take their red hits and having all right to beat anybody with a yellow funoodle and call dead.Once, I and another herald were watching a guy lose a leg and calling decent red hits to his shield as not hard enough as his shield was shaking from solid contact.

Why cant people just die already?!?!?

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Solusar: The MoA from 2008, apparently the most recent version, linked here, states:4.1.8. Hafts on axes, flails, maces, polearms, and the like must be safely padded exceptfor a reasonable area for a handhold. This means the haft padding on swungweapons must be as safe as their striking surface. The haft on spears (which arethrusting-only weapons) is not required to be as heavily-padded as that of a swungweapon.

I re-read the rules and you're right, I stand corrected. That's what I get for posting sober.

Can't really blame you, it's not in their main rules linked from their homepage. Those are outdated by several years and this is not there. I only found this, more recent version, when Chicken linked to it.

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Once, I and another herald were watching a guy lose a leg and calling decent red hits to his shield as not hard enough as his shield was shaking from solid contact.

Why cant people just die already?!?!?

Because the shield is their security blanket, and they'll cry and wet the bed without it. There are plenty of hit-taking shieldmen out there, but there's about an equal amount who don't WANT to lose it and who abuse the "shieldman's-call" aspect of the game. Or, to call them by the shorter name, cheaters.

Perhaps a question with a less obvious answer is: Why do Redsword fighters insist on aiming at an unreliable target that doesn't actually incapacitate their enemy instead of trying to hit the shieldman's body or limbs?

Perhaps a question with a less obvious answer is: Why do Redsword fighters insist on aiming at an unreliable target that doesn't actually incapacitate their enemy instead of trying to hit the shieldman's body or limbs?

Because sometimes that's the only target you get, and when you are swinging at it with enough force the shieldmen start getting cowardly. Most shieldmen will take a good red shot, and if not, I'll swing harder. And I've been hit by my glaive while wielding a plywood cored shield - wouldn't want to get hit harder by that weapon.

Otherwise, I agree. If you've got a torso or limb shot, take it.

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I've had the current rules set bookmarked for some time Isk, I apparently overlooked that rule. Mostly because I've never built a flail or axe. Something I'd like to point out (at my dismay):4.3.6 The fighter wielding the shield judges if the blows are solid “shield-breaking” red hits; however, the physical size of the fighter delivering the blows must always be considered; i.e., a “solid” hit from a smaller, lighter person will generally feel “lighter” than one from a more massive fighter. Thank god Belegarth doesn't have this rule.

Perhaps a question with a less obvious answer is: Why do Redsword fighters insist on aiming at an unreliable target that doesn't actually incapacitate their enemy instead of trying to hit the shieldman's body or limbs?

Because sometimes that's the only target you get, and when you are swinging at it with enough force the shieldmen start getting cowardly. Most shieldmen will take a good red shot, and if not, I'll swing harder. And I've been hit by my glaive while wielding a plywood cored shield - wouldn't want to get hit harder by that weapon.

Otherwise, I agree. If you've got a torso or limb shot, take it.

I agree with Kyrax. I'll shoot for something more useful, but when all you see is boot-barn door-head, with maybe a little weapon poking out the side... well, I could what one fellow did to me and claim they put their head in the way of my strike, but I don't roll that way. Sometimes the shield is the only option, and sometimes people remove that option by declining to take anything short of force capable of knocking them on their *. Not all of us have weapons as hefty as Kyrax's, nor can we all wield such things effectively; I think I've still got a tweak in my back from that one event he let me use one of his glaives.

Mercer: First shot - Hard shot to their shield edge on the shield side. Second shot - Wind up towards the shield edge, then throw an arm chop at their inevitable flat snap. That sort of thing. Or just throw a leg whiff followed by a false-edge weapon-side shoulder shot. I just don't think Redsword fighters take full advantage of fakes; a lot of them would just rather blast the shield a few times and then not have to worry about it any more.

Kyrax: Added the solidly, I'm not really even sure there is enough of a difference to include this comparison, personally.

Juicer: I'm not sure if we should include that as a distinction or not, probably should for the sake of being thorough. And looking back at that thread, it was Juicer, not Chicken, that actually put the link to the MoA up.

Everyone: Do we keep it here or keep it in the wiki. I only want to maintain one...

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It looks like the differences are not that big- and I only see a few that I think we could improve. Over all- good information. easy to cross play with either group with out major changes.

Hmmmmmmm........ Guess if it was so good- there would be no shields.

Arrakis wrote:

Mercer: First shot - Hard shot to their shield edge on the shield side. Second shot - Wind up towards the shield edge, then throw an arm chop at their inevitable flat snap. That sort of thing. Or just throw a leg whiff followed by a false-edge weapon-side shoulder shot. I just don't think Redsword fighters take full advantage of fakes; a lot of them would just rather blast the shield a few times and then not have to worry about it any more.

Isn't there a Bel rule that if I get hit in two locations, I only have to take the on that hit harder? In Dagorhir, if you get hit hard enough in two places you're expected to take both (most often this is someone getting both legs swept with a good red swing).

Dagorhir swords can't pass more than .5" through a 2.5" hole if they are built for stabbing.

On the topic of sufficient force, I think Sir Brennon of Amtgard on e-Sam had one of the best explanations on defining a good shot:

Brennon wrote:

I think an emphasis on 'clean' and 'percussive' with a minimum force threshold is the best system: If you've got two of the three, it's a good shot. If it's clean and percussive, it doesn't have to be terribly hard. If it's clean and solid, it doesn't have to be percussive (stabs, mainly). If it's percussive and solid, it doesn't have to be clean (an incomplete block won't save you from a solid wrap).

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On the topic of sufficient force, I think Sir Brennon of Amtgard on e-Sam had one of the best explanations on defining a good shot:

Brennon wrote:

I think an emphasis on 'clean' and 'percussive' with a minimum force threshold is the best system: If you've got two of the three, it's a good shot. If it's clean and percussive, it doesn't have to be terribly hard. If it's clean and solid, it doesn't have to be percussive (stabs, mainly). If it's percussive and solid, it doesn't have to be clean (an incomplete block won't save you from a solid wrap).

On the topic of sufficient force, I think Sir Brennon of Amtgard on e-Sam had one of the best explanations on defining a good shot:

Brennon wrote:

I think an emphasis on 'clean' and 'percussive' with a minimum force threshold is the best system: If you've got two of the three, it's a good shot. If it's clean and percussive, it doesn't have to be terribly hard. If it's clean and solid, it doesn't have to be percussive (stabs, mainly). If it's percussive and solid, it doesn't have to be clean (an incomplete block won't save you from a solid wrap).

On the topic of sufficient force, I think Sir Brennon of Amtgard on e-Sam had one of the best explanations on defining a good shot:

Brennon wrote:

I think an emphasis on 'clean' and 'percussive' with a minimum force threshold is the best system: If you've got two of the three, it's a good shot. If it's clean and percussive, it doesn't have to be terribly hard. If it's clean and solid, it doesn't have to be percussive (stabs, mainly). If it's percussive and solid, it doesn't have to be clean (an incomplete block won't save you from a solid wrap).

Thank you Kyrian, that is an excellent description that I will use with my noobs.

Thanks, Alric. I have incorporated your clarifications.

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Isn't there a Bel rule that if I get hit in two locations, I only have to take the on that hit harder? In Dagorhir, if you get hit hard enough in two places you're expected to take both (most often this is someone getting both legs swept with a good red swing).

Not a rule in Dagorhir either (Derian corrected the Belegarth side of that equation) - that's just someone showing good honor and taking two hits.

I've always played it that you took the worst of the hits if tagged in two places, armored and unarmored or torso/limb. But it isn't explicitly in the Dagorhir rules (unless I've missed something in the new or old MoAs and Handbook).

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To further complicate things, the current Dag rules state "what constitutes a 'solid strike' is necessarily subjective and thus relies on the honor of both the attacker and the person who is struck."

which is at odds with Bel rule 1.3. "The target of an attack makes combat hit determinations."

Yes Giggles - and there are clearly folks in that thread correcting that mistake. Some are new and will quickly learn better at a big event others, well see above about "Douchebags". Hit calibrations vary in all games to one degree or another. My guess is that the differences between Belegarth and Dagorhir are minor, at least when compared to touch-fighting LARPs. Amtgard seems to be inbetween D/B and LARPS.

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My guess is that the differences between Belegarth and Dagorhir are minor, at least when compared to touch-fighting LARPs. Amtgard seems to be inbetween D/B and LARPS.

I think you are exactly right Kyrax; the differences are minor. The differences can be important, though, so I started this thread to pull into one place all of those differences as a reference for bel people gaming at a dag event (and of course vice versa, but I can't really post it for the dag folks). Maybe we should expand it to include Amtgard, but that definitely needs the table version in the wiki.

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If someone hits me hard enough with a red that hits both of my legs at the same time and I stumble/fall/flip, I will accept death.Realistically, that just sliced me shins off and possibly hit the next guy.

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Bel:Sufficient force required to take type 1 or 2 damage, (you have to hit someone hard)

DagNoticeable force required to take damage. (You have to touch someone)

Wrong Madog - that's Amtgard that's a touch game.

Wrong Kyrax. Go to texas or come up to wisconsin. texas amtgarders hit harder than many bel fighters i know.

Poo - not really looking to get into a debate on Amtgard. My point was only that Dagorhir and Belegarth require more than just contact (and to correct a mistake about Dagorhir's rules). I do know that some Amtgard folks can hit pretty hard even here in the West, just that it isn't required. And like in all of these games, local standards can vary between realms/chapters/parks.

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Amtgard requires clean, not hard. Just so happens that clean is usually what I would consider sufficient force by Bel standards. Kyrax is absolutely correct.

Sufficient force in Bel/Dag varies by event/realm/fighter. I find clean does not always equal sufficient as sufficient is not defined. Sufficient then sometimes turns into "apparent to those not in the fight". This really requires honor to be paramount and in a game where honor is whatever you want to define it as, (pesky evil characters or goblins, or whatever) it is not as big of a deal as say in the SCA where a bad showing of honor can doom your career for a long time to come.

To bring this all together back to one of my little pet points I like to poke at... an awards system would go some distance at correcting this.